Gabinete de Curiosidades: Esculturas Renascentistas Raras de Antico

Antico, Hercules, model created by 1496, cast possibly by 1496. Bronze with gilding and silvering, overall without base: 34.57 cm (13 5/8 in.) with base: 38.42 cm (15 1/8 in.) The Frick Collection, New York, Gift of Miss Helen Clay Frick.

Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, conhecido como Antico (c. 1455-1528), transformou a arte da escultura em bronze.

Antico, Antonia del Balzo, 1441-1538, Wife of Gianfrancesco Gonzaga di Rodigo [obverse], c.1487; bronze; overall (diameter): 4 cm (1 9/16 in.) gross weight: 30 gr. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection

Suas contribuições são celebradas em Antico: A Era de Ouro dos Bronzes da Renascença , a primeira exposição monográfica nos Estados Unidos dedicada ao escultor italiano e ourives.

Antico, Diva Giulia [obverse], c. 1490; brass; overall (diameter): 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.) gross weight: 29 gr. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection

À vista na National Gallery of Art, Washington, de 06 de novembro de 2011, até de 08 de abril de 2012, a exposição inclui cerca de 40 obras raras -medalhas, relevos, bustos, e as renomadas estatuetas deAntico, mais de três quartos das obras conhecidas do escultor .

Antico, Gianfrancesco Gonzaga di Ròdigo [obverse] Fortuna [reverse], c. 1478; bronze; overall (diameter): 4 cm (1 9/16 in.) gross weight: 34 gr. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection

Em 2008-2009, a primeira exposição monográfica sobre Antico foi apresentada no apartamento restaurado de Isabella d'Este, no Palácio Ducal de Mântua, na Itália.

Pier Jacopo Alari-Bonacolsi called Antico, Seated Nymph, model created and cast probably 1503; bronze with gilding and silvering overall without base: 19.5 cm (7 5/8 in.). Robert H. and Clarice Smith

A exposição apresenta 37 obras-primas de Antico, agrupadas tematicamente e instaladas junto com obras dos colegas da corte de Gonzaga , os artistas Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431-1506), Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430/1435-1516), e outros.

Antico, Hercules and Antaeus, model created by 1511, cast 1519; bronze, overall with base: 39.6 cm (15 5/8 in.). Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Kunstkammer

O primeiro trabalho de Antico conhecido na exposição é um elegante retrato numa medalha representando seu patrono, Gianfrancesco Gonzaga (c. 1479-1482), vestindo roupas contemporâneas. Em uma medalha depois, ele é retratado como uma figura antiga, usando de estilo antigo de drapeado romano.

Antico, Pan, model created probably by 1499, cast probably after 1519, bronze, overall without base: 28.6 x 10.5 cm (11 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.). Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Kunstkammer

Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, conhecido como Antico (c. 1455-1528)

Provavelmente nascido em Mantua, Antico é documentado em 1487.

Antico, Atropos, model creatd c. 1500-1511, cast probably after 1519, bronze with silvering, overall without base: 32 x 15 x 12 cm (12 5/8 x 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.) base: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.). Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Kunstkammer

Sabe-se que ele foi casado e teve filhos, por volta de 1496. Antico passou toda a sua carreira ao serviço da família Gonzaga.

Seu primeiro patrono foi Gianfrancesco Gonzaga di Rodigo, senhor de Bozzolo (1446-1496), seguido por Ludovico Gonzaga Bispo eleito (1460-1511), irmão mais novo de Gianfrancesco.

Por volta de 1501, Antico estava trabalhando e vivendo na corte de Gazzuolo, a residência da viúva de Gianfrancesco, Antonia del Balzo (c. 1460-1538), e do bispo eleito Ludovico.

Após a morte de Ludovico, a Marchesa Isabella d'Este (1474-1539), de Mantua se tornou a sua principal patrona.

Antico, Young Man, c. 1520, bronze with silvering, overall with base: 54.6 x 45 x 22.3 cm (21 1/2 x 17 11/16 x 8 3/4 in.). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

O artista é conhecido também por restaurar antigas estátuas de mármore em Roma, mas suas maiores obras foram encomendadas pela família Gonzaga ao longo de três gerações.

Antico, Hercules, model created by 1496, cast possibly by 1496, bronze with gilding and silvering, overall without base: 34.57 cm (13 5/8 in.) with base: 38.42 cm (15 1/8 in.). The Frick Collection, New York, Gift of Miss Helen Clay Frick Copyright The Frick Collection

Antico, Hercules, model created by 1496, cast probably after 1519, bronze with silvering, overall with base: 34.4 cm (13 5/8 in.). Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Kunstkammer

Antico, Hercules, c. 2nd -3rd century AD, bronze with copper inlay and traces of gilding, height: 14 1/16 in. (35.75 cm). Musée du Louvre, Paris, Département des Objets d'art, Legs Gatteaux & Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY

Antico, Apollo Belvedere, model created c. 1490-1496, cast c. 1490. Bronze with gilding and silvering without base: 41.3 x 22 cm (16 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.) & with base: 45.2 x 22 cm (17 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.). Leibieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt am Main & Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung / ARTOTHEK

Antico, Cupid, probably by 1496, bronze with gilding and silvering with base: 90 cm (11 1/4 in.). Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence & Domingie & Rabatti Firenze [photo credit]

Antico, Equestrian Statuette of Marcus Aurelius, model created by 1496, cast c. 1519- 1528, bronze with gilding and silvering, overall without base: 39 x 35 cm (15 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.). Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein, Vaduz–Wien

Antico, Spinario, model created by 1496, cast possibly 1499. Bronze with silvering, height: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.) Private collection Photo © The National Gallery, London.

Antico, Meleager, model and cast probably by 1496, bronze with gilding and silvering, overall without base: 30.7 cm (12 1/16 in.). Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Purchased from the Horn and Buyan bequests with the assistance of a contribution from The Art Fund & Image (C) Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Antico, Hercules and the Nemean Lion, c. 1496, bronze with gilding and silvering framed: 32.8 cm (12 7/8 in.). Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Domingie & Rabatti Firenze [photo credit]

Antico, Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, c. 1496, bronze with gilding framed: 38 cm (14 15/16 in.). Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Domingie & Rabatti Firenze [photo credit]

Antico, Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar, c. 1496, bronze, overall without base: 32.7 cm (12 7/8 in.). Victoria and Albert Museum, London & Photo (C) Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Antico, Hercules and the Ceryneian Hind, c. 1496, bronze, diameter: 32.7 cm (12 7/8 in.) depth: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.). Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Kunstkammer

Antico, Young Man as Hercules, c. 1500, bronze with silvering, 29.3 cm (11 1/2 in.). 18th Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Salisbury

Antico, Mercury, model created and cast c. 1505-1511, bronze with gilding and silvering, overall with base: 38.5 cm (15 3/16 in.). Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Domingie & Rabatti Firenze [photo credit]

Antico, Bacchus, c. 1520-1522, bronze with gilding, 59 x 43 x 27 cm (23 1/4 x 16 15/16 x 10 5/8 in.). Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Kunstkammer

Antico, Youth, c.1510, bronze with gilding and silvering, overall without base: 55 cm (21 3/4 in.). Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein, Vaduz–Wien

Antico, Antoninus Pius, probably 1524, bronze with gilding and silvering, with base: 75.9 x 50.2 x 36.2 cm (29 7/8 x 19 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.) & without base: 64.1 x 50.2 x 36.2 cm (25 1/4 x 19 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.). Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Edward Fowles, 1965 Image copyright (C) The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY

Antico, Cleopatra, c. 1525, bronze with traces of gilding, overall without base: 64.4 cm (25 3/8 in.). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, William Francis Warden Fund & Photograph (c) 2011 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Antico, Paris, probably after 1511, bronze with gilding and silvering, overall without base: 37.1 x 14.3 x 21.4 cm (14 5/8 x 5 5/8 x 8 7/16 in.). Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1955 (c) The Metropolitan Museun of Art / Art Resource, NY